BACOLOD City – A 42-year-old woman from the city’s Barangay Alijis was the second confirmed dengue fatality here this year.
Data from the City Health Office (CHO) showed that she was admitted in a hospital here on March 24 and expired on the same day.
Dr. Grace Tan, chief of the CHO’s Environmental Sanitation Division of CHO, said the patient suffered from one week of undocumented fever with abdominal and epigastric pain, as she was diagnosed of severe dengue hemorrhagic fever.
The CHO reported the city’s first dengue death in February. The 64-year old man, also a resident of Barangay Alijis, died on February 5.
Aside from two deaths, the city recorded a total of 301 dengue cases from January 1 to April 5 – 155.1 percent higher than 118 cases and zero death logged in the same period last year.
According to the CHO, those aged one year to 19 years old are the most affected by dengue fever here.
Barangay Mansilingan recorded the most number of cases at 26 while Barangay Tangub had the highest number of cases at 20 in March.
Dengue is a viral infection transmitted to humans through the bite of infected mosquitoes, primarily the Aedes aegypti species.
Its symptoms include high fever, severe headaches, pain behind the eyes, joint and muscle pains, rash, and mild bleeding. In severe cases, it can lead to dengue hemorrhagic fever or dengue shock syndrome, which can be life-threatening./PN
